Apr 09, 2019 09:57 am UTC| Science
There is still a very long way to go before the world actually sees an ultimate cure for HIV. But significant developments are being reported almost every day. One of the most recent good news came from the researchers of...
Can bacteria help us prevent salt damage to concrete roads and bridges?
Apr 05, 2019 10:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Bacteria, which have been working for millennia as natures stonemasons, could soon be enlisted to help neutralize the destructive effects of road salt. According to the Transportation Research Board, it takes about 10...
Apr 02, 2019 07:44 am UTC| Science
A biotech company from Israel is currently working on improving a lesser popular cancer treatment while many other scientists and researchers work on a potential cure for the disease. People might now have heard much about...
HIV/AIDS Cure: End to the Epidemic Imminent as Three Patients Become HIV-Free?
Apr 02, 2019 07:17 am UTC| Science
The past month has been a groundbreaking period in the hopes of ending the worldwide epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that later develops to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Scientists...
The science and politics of genetically engineered salmon: 5 questions answered
Apr 01, 2019 17:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
A Massachusetts-based company earlier this month cleared the last regulatory hurdle from the Food and Drug Administration to sell genetically engineered salmon in the U.S. Animal genomics expert Alison Van Eenennaam, who...
Scientists are developing new, exciting strategies for the fight against TB
Apr 01, 2019 17:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Its transmitted through air droplets when an infectious person coughs or sneezes. The disease can be treated, but its a long process...
What is the best sense? Scientists are still battling it out
Apr 01, 2019 17:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
If there is one thing Twitter has taught us, its that the world loves a question that sounds stupid, but actually has a profound and interesting answer. For instance, what would happen if the world suddenly turned into...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
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